Michael Higgins
Bad manners come in small packages
The new Ireland dislikes Unionists as much as the old one
Cecilia Featherstonehaugh
Posh publisher
The mean queens of the book world
A rare case of a “progressive” employee facing consequences will not change the publishing industry
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
Degrees of scepticism
Overseas students never came to Britain so they could bring their children, it’s a coincidence
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
The curious incident of the dog and the tribunal
A welcome win for sanity on gender, freedom and the workplace
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
Playing the long game
Rishi Sunak misjudged the electorate by prioritising tax cuts over the country’s future
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
